Mobility call management
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1. A method of processing a call from a remote terminal to mobile terminal, comprising:
- determining a plurality of risk assessment states for a defined geographic zone, each risk assessment state reflecting a potential degree of user risk associated with using the mobile terminal to engage in a communications session within the defined geographic zone, each risk assessment state being determined at least in part based on a degree of motion of the mobile terminal and additional criteria, the plurality of risk assessment states including at least;
a low risk assessment state associated with a degree of motion below a first threshold,a medium risk assessment state associate with a degree of motion above the first threshold and below a second threshold, anda high risk assessment state associated with a degree of motion above the second threshold;
assessing, by call routing logic implemented by a feature logic module, a degree of motion of the mobile terminal, wherein the call routing logic is communications network based logic that assesses a state of a mobile terminal and instructs network components on the routing of calls;
determining, by the call routing logic, a risk assessment state of the mobile terminal, the determined risk assessment state corresponding to one of the determined plurality of risk assessment states; and
determining by the call routing logic, whether to route the call to risk mitigation logic implemented by a feature logic module based at least in part on the determined risk assessment state of the mobile terminal, wherein the risk mitigation logic is network based logic that executes risk mitigation routines in response to a determined risk assessment state of a mobile terminal, wherein the routing of the call to the risk mitigation logical module does not cause a modification of call functionality of the mobile terminal, and wherein;
if the determined risk assessment state corresponds to the low risk assessment state, the call is not routed to the risk mitigation logic,if the determined risk assessment state corresponds to the medium risk assessment state, the call is routed to the risk mitigation logic, wherein the risk mitigation logic is operable to prevent communication between the remote terminal and the mobile terminal and to cause output of an audible warning to a user the mobile terminal, andif the determined risk assessment state corresponds to the high risk assessment state, the call is routed to the risk mitigation logic, wherein the risk mitigation logic is operable to prevent communication between the remote terminal and the mobile terminal without causing the output of the audible warning.
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Abstract
A mobility call management service is disclosed that provides enhanced call management functionality for a wireless mobile terminal (MT). Incoming and/or outgoing calls are managed based on an assessment of the degree of motion of the MT, or other available data pertinent to the MT'"'"'s physical situation, such as but not limited to it'"'"'s location, movement, or rate of movement. The degree of motion or other assessment may be used to determine whether a communication can safely terminate on, originate from, or continue safely on the MT, so as to reduce or remove driver distraction.
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1. A method of processing a call from a remote terminal to mobile terminal, comprising:
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determining a plurality of risk assessment states for a defined geographic zone, each risk assessment state reflecting a potential degree of user risk associated with using the mobile terminal to engage in a communications session within the defined geographic zone, each risk assessment state being determined at least in part based on a degree of motion of the mobile terminal and additional criteria, the plurality of risk assessment states including at least; a low risk assessment state associated with a degree of motion below a first threshold, a medium risk assessment state associate with a degree of motion above the first threshold and below a second threshold, and a high risk assessment state associated with a degree of motion above the second threshold; assessing, by call routing logic implemented by a feature logic module, a degree of motion of the mobile terminal, wherein the call routing logic is communications network based logic that assesses a state of a mobile terminal and instructs network components on the routing of calls; determining, by the call routing logic, a risk assessment state of the mobile terminal, the determined risk assessment state corresponding to one of the determined plurality of risk assessment states; and determining by the call routing logic, whether to route the call to risk mitigation logic implemented by a feature logic module based at least in part on the determined risk assessment state of the mobile terminal, wherein the risk mitigation logic is network based logic that executes risk mitigation routines in response to a determined risk assessment state of a mobile terminal, wherein the routing of the call to the risk mitigation logical module does not cause a modification of call functionality of the mobile terminal, and wherein; if the determined risk assessment state corresponds to the low risk assessment state, the call is not routed to the risk mitigation logic, if the determined risk assessment state corresponds to the medium risk assessment state, the call is routed to the risk mitigation logic, wherein the risk mitigation logic is operable to prevent communication between the remote terminal and the mobile terminal and to cause output of an audible warning to a user the mobile terminal, and if the determined risk assessment state corresponds to the high risk assessment state, the call is routed to the risk mitigation logic, wherein the risk mitigation logic is operable to prevent communication between the remote terminal and the mobile terminal without causing the output of the audible warning. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 25, 28)
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12. A method of processing an ongoing call between a remote terminal and a mobile terminal, comprising:
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determining a plurality of risk assessment states for a defined geographic zone, each risk assessment state reflecting a potential degree of user risk associated with using the mobile communications device to engage in a communications session within the defined geographic zone, each risk assessment state being determined at least in part based on a degree of motion of the mobile terminal and additional criteria, the plurality of risk assessment states including at least; a first risk assessment state associated with a first potential degree of user risk, the first potential degree of user risk indicating that the mobile terminal is available to communicate with a remote terminal, a second risk assessment state associate with a second potential degree of user risk, the second potential degree of user risk indicating that the mobile terminal is available to communicate with a remote terminal only after the user of the mobile terminal receives and acknowledges a warning signal, and a third risk assessment state associate with a third potential degree of user risk, the third potential degree of user risk indicating that the mobile terminal is unavailable to communicate with a remote terminal assessing, by call routing logic implemented by a feature logic module, a degree of motion of the mobile terminal during the call, where the call routing logic is communications network based logic that assesses a state of a mobile terminal and causes the execution of risk mitigation routines in response to an assessed risk assessment state of a mobile terminal; determining, by the call routing logic, a risk assessment state of the mobile terminal, the determined risk assessment state corresponding to one of the determined plurality of risk assessment states; and determining, by the call routing logic, whether to cause the execution of a risk mitigation routine by a risk mitigation logic implemented by a feature logic module, the determination based at least in part on the determined risk assessment state of the mobile terminal, wherein the risk mitigation logic is a network based module that executes risk mitigation routines in response to an assessed state of a mobile terminal, wherein execution of a risk mitigation routine does not cause a modification of call functionality of the mobile terminal, and wherein; if the determined risk assessment state corresponds to the first risk assessment state, execution of a risk mitigation routine by the risk mitigation logic is not caused, if the determined risk assessment state corresponds to the second risk assessment state, a risk mitigation routine is executed by the risk mitigation logic which causes the mobile terminal to output an alert message indicating that the mobile terminal has reached the second risk assessment state and prompting a user of the mobile terminal to acknowledge the alert message, if the determined risk assessment state corresponds to the third risk assessment state, a risk mitigation routine is executed by the risk mitigation logic which causes the mobile terminal to output an alert message indicating that the mobile terminal has reached the third risk assessment state and which causes communication between the mobile terminal and the remote terminal the cease. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 26)
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19. A method of processing a call from a mobile terminal, comprising:
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determining a plurality of risk assessment states for a defined geographic zone, each risk assessment state reflecting a potential degree of user risk associated with using the mobile communications device to engage in a communications session within the defined geographic zone, each risk assessment state being determined at least in part based on a degree of motion of the mobile terminal and additional criteria, the plurality of risk assessment states including at least; a first risk assessment state associated with a first potential degree of user risk, the first potential degree of user risk indicating that the mobile terminal is available to communicate with a remote terminal, a second risk assessment state associate with a second potential degree of user risk, the second potential degree of user risk indicating that the mobile terminal is available to communicate with a remote terminal only after the user of the mobile terminal receives and acknowledges a warning signal, and a third risk assessment state associate with a third potential degree of user risk, the third potential degree of user risk indicating that the mobile terminal is unavailable to communicate with a remote terminal; assessing, by call routing logic implemented by a feature logic module, a current risk assessment state of the mobile terminal, said current risk assessment state being based, at least in part, on a degree of motion of the mobile terminal and additional criteria, where the call routing logic is communications network based logic that assesses a risk assessment state of a mobile terminal and instructs logic modules on the routing of calls; and determining by the call routing logic, whether to route the call to risk mitigation logic implemented by a feature logic module based at least in part the assessed risk assessment state of the mobile terminal, wherein the risk mitigation logic is network based logic that executes risk mitigation routines in response to a determined risk assessment state of a mobile terminal, wherein the routing of the call to the risk mitigation logical module does not cause a modification of call functionality of the mobile terminal, and wherein; if the determined risk assessment state corresponds to the first risk assessment state, the call is not routed to the risk mitigation logic, if the determined risk assessment state corresponds to the second risk assessment state, the call is routed to the risk mitigation logic, wherein the risk mitigation logic is operable to prevent communication between the remote terminal and the mobile terminal and to cause output of an audible warning to a user of the mobile terminal, the audible warning message providing a plurality of options for processing the call, and if the determined risk assessment state corresponds to the third risk assessment state, the call is routed to the risk mitigation logic, wherein the risk mitigation logic is operable to prevent communication between the remote terminal and the mobile terminal without causing the output of the audible warning. - View Dependent Claims (20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 27)
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